Music history, daily

On This Day in Music

Composers born, composers lost, and pieces that met the world for the first time — and every name here is playable in the library.

June 30

  • 1588Giovanni Maria Sabino was born — Italian organist, composer, and educator. source 438 years ago
  • 1722Jiří Antonín Benda was born — Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister. source 304 years ago
  • 1890Samuel Parkman Tuckerman died — American organist and composer. source 136 years ago
  • 1931Andrew Hill was born — American pianist and composer. source 95 years ago
  • 1939Tony Hatch was born — English pianist, composer, and producer. source 87 years ago
  • 1951Stanley Clarke was born — American bass player and composer. source 75 years ago
  • 1953Hal Lindes was born — American-English guitarist and film score composer. source 73 years ago
  • 1954Stephen Barlow was born — English organist, composer, and conductor. source 72 years ago

Every entry is drawn from our source-cited composer biographies and piece notes — dates come from published references, not from memory. Browse any composer to read the full biography, or the library to play their music.

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